首页英语词典terribleterrible英英释意

terrible

英 ['terɪb(ə)l] 美['tɛrəbl]
  • adj. 可怕的;很糟的;令人讨厌的
  • adv. 很,非常

英英释意


1. causing fear or dread or terror;
"the awful war"
"an awful risk"
"dire news"
"a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
"the dread presence of the headmaster"
"polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"
"a dreadful storm"
"a fearful howling"
"horrendous explosions shook the city"
"a terrible curse"
2. exceptionally bad or displeasing;
"atrocious taste"
"abominable workmanship"
"an awful voice"
"dreadful manners"
"a painful performance"
"terrible handwriting"
"an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
3. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;
"severe pain"
"a severe case of flu"
"a terrible cough"
"under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"
"a wicked cough"
4. extremely distressing;
"fearful slum conditions"
"a frightful mistake"
"suffered terrible thirst"